INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: YOKO ONO’s MUSIC MADE ACCESSIBLE
A new album of 14 covers by artists like Sharon Van Etten, David Byrne and Sudan Archives spotlights the beauty and simplicity of her music. Who knew?
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: TORONTO’S MUSTAFA
Poet turned musician transforms grief and loss into music
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: TONY ALLEN + HUGH MASEKELA
African music legends deliver a tight and driving one-off album from a 2010 weekend session
BLACK HISTORY MONTH + VALENTINE’S DAY: WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW
The 1965 hit quietly addressed the Vietnam war while its 1971 remix spoke to assassination and civil rights
BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2022: OUTSIDE CHILD ALBUM
Allison Russell’s first solo album is a wise reckoning about her childhood abuse
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: OUTSIDE CHILD LYRICS
The lyrics to Allison Russell’s Outside Child album tell the story of her childhood abuse in Montreal
READERS’ CHOICE 2021: PART 12
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss eloquently update mid-20th century American song-writing on Raising the Roof
READERS’ CHOICE 2021: PART 11
The focus is on folk, roots,blues and country featuring Pete Seeger as well as Ontario duo Cat Clyde and Jeremie Albino
READERS’ CHOICE 2021: PART 10
Featuring Lusaphone music – a fusion of Afro-Portuguese sounds
READERS’ CHOICE 2021: PART 9
A loving and personal tribute to Blues Goddess Ellen McIlwaine by writer Connie Kuhns
